Asheville Dance Party - Lisa Zahiya 7/17

Ban Man Bia, Bhangra and Beatsaint - Aint no party like a dance party!

Lisa Zahiya & Ba Man Bia on Friday Jul 17, 2009 from 8:00 pm to 2:00 am at Studio Zahiya at 41 Carolina Lane in Asheville NC.

Phone Info: 828-242-7595 Email: lisa@lisazahiya.com

Hey y'all... Ba Man Bia and I were supposed to be playing/performing at an event on July 17. Unfortunately the event was canceled - but we still wanted to rock it!

So we are hosting a dance party!!! We'll open with a little downtempo dance grooves from DJ Selector Plume, then we'll groove to Ba Man Bia then we'll have some Bhangra performing and dancing with live drums - hells yeah! Come shake it shake it shake it... call/email with questions

$3 for all that - what a frickin deal

Visit Lisa Zahiya on Twitter also www.Twitter.com/LisaZahiya

Asheville Alice in Wonderland Jr 7/17/09

Alice in Wonderland, Jr. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - presented by the Asheville Arts Center

The Asheville Arts Center on Friday Jul 17 from 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm at Isaac Dickson Elementary on 125 Hill Street

Contact Info: 8282534000 Email: aac@ashevilleartscenter.com

Friday, July 17 at 3 PM & 7 PM at Isaac Dickson.

Join Alice's madcap adventures in Wonderland as she chases the White Rabbit, races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with the Tweedles, raps with bubble-blowing Caterpillar and beats the Queen of Hearts at her own game! This fast-paced stage adaptation of Alice in Wonderland features updated dialogue and new arrangements of such classic Disney songs as "I'm Late," "The Un-birthday Song" and "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah!" The Asheville Arts Center's summer show, Alice in Wonderland, Jr. promises to be an absolute delight.

Cast for Alice in Wonderland, Jr.: Mathilda - Sawyer Britton, Alice - Brianna Birchett, Chesire Cat 1 - Emma Kussrow, Chesire Cat 2 - Molly Knick, Chesire Cat 3 - Jasmine Holt, White Rabbit - Mary Claire Fagan, Doorknob - Leila Zefri, Small Alice - Sarah Plaut, Tall Alice - Willow Lanier, Dodo Bird - Gracie Turner, Tweedle Dee - Sam Mycroft, Tweedle Dum - Jacob Smith, Rose - Kelsey Woody, Lily - Hannah Grady, Daisy - Aislin Thompson, Violet - Catherine Shulby, Petunia - Katherine Calhoun, Caterpillar - Wolfe Lanier, March Hare - Tim Bates, Mad Hatter - Lochlan Belford, Dormouse - Eve Whitman, Ace of Hearts - Lincoln Belford, Two of Hearts - Justin Nemon, Three of Hearts - Sawyer Taylor-Arnold, King of Hearts - Christian Breese, Queen of Hearts - Meredith Matsakis

Rock Lobsters: Lincoln Belford, Natalie Benson-Greer, Hailey Glover, Clay Harwood, Justin Nemon, Charlene Powers, Sawyer Taylor-Arnold, Leila Zefri

Creatures: Liza Constable, Teagan Hill, Tessa Hill, Lily Merrill, Bella Mohrman, Hannah Plaut, Colin Scott, Eve Whitman

Flowers: Lily Bates, Chrissie Champ, Xena Jaffe, Ana Lechman, Isabella Paredes, Camille Powers, Grace Squires

Caterpillar Body: Lincoln Belford, Natalie Benson-Greer, Clay Harwood, Sawyer Taylor-Arnold

Royal Cards: Lily Bates, Natalie Benson-Greer, Sawyer Britton, Chrissie Champ, Liza Constable, Hailey Glover, Clay Harwood, Teagan Hill, Tessa Hill, Xena Jaffe, Ana Lechman, Lily Merrill, Bella Mohrman, Isabella Paredes, Hannah Plaut, Camille Powers, Charlene Powers, Colin Scott, Grace Squires, Eve Whitman, Leila Zefri

Production Team for Alice in Wonderland, Jr: Producer/Director - Danelle Cauley, Music Director - Kurt Campbell, Choreographer - Heidi Kulas, Assistant Director/Stage Manager - Annie Benson-Greer, Teaching Assistant - Daniel Moore, Assistant to the Choreographer - Mary Katherine O'Donnell, Set and Costume Concept - Danelle Cauley, Set Construction - Chip Davis,

Special Thanks To: Marty Cauley, Carly Crawford, Eliza Harris, Leigh Benson-Greer, Karen O'Donnell-Brown, Rob Berls, and all of the parents/volunteers!

Director's Note: I can't think of a better way to finish my time at the Asheville Arts Center than putting this production together! In a way it has been like my own trip to Wonderland as I have had the opportunity to work with a great artistic team with Kurt and Heidi and a great set of teenage assistants (Annie, Daniel, and Mary Katherine) to help complete this incredible undertaking. Now add 44 of the most talented and enjoyable students that I have ever had the pleasure to gather in one cast and you've got the perfect recipe for a fabulous experience. These students gave up two full weeks of summer vacation coming in M-F 9-3 in order to create this spectacular show. Sit back and let us take you to Wonderland…

Greenworks Benefit at ACT 7/16

GreenWorks Benefit at Asheville Community Theatre - One night only private performance!

Asheville GreenWorks on Thursday Jul 16 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Asheville Community Theatre35 East Market Street

Contact Info: 828-254-1776 Email: info@ashevillegreenworks.org

Charlotte Street Computers is sponsoring a benefit for Asheville GreenWorks Thursday, July 16 at the Asheville Community Theatre. The event will feature a private performance of "'Til Beth Do Us Part" at 7:30pm. Come early and enjoy a picnic dinner with us beforehand on Thomas Wolfe Memorial Plaza, one of Asheville GreenWorks' first projects many years ago! Tickets are only $20 per person and include a catered picnic dinner.

Contact 828-254-1776 or info@ashevillegreenworks.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

Asheville Knives to Change Women's Lives

Knives to Change Women's Lives

Host: Ryan Griffith and Jason Parker on Sat Jul 18 from 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm at Venue: Ryan's House-- 164 Laurel Loop, Asheville 28806

Contact Info: 9194528048

Poverty is complex and dynamic and requires local and national solutions in order to eliminate it. More and more national, regional, and local communities are committed to doing just that; and you can be part of that national movement. People do not want to be poor.

One solution, working in 41 communities nationwide, is the CIRCLES OF SUPPORT Initiative, let by Move the Mountain Leadership Center. Circles seeks to end poverty by bridging the gaps between classes and the hidden rules of class. By building reciprocal relationships across class boundaries, we are able to slowly move towards a common solution, where self-sufficiency can be achieved by all in a community.

Adams County Circles of Support, a generative self-sufficiency attainment program, just finished its second complete year with incredible results. The pilot program saw a 33% earned income increase in just one year and almost a full 50% increase over two years.

Please join us for KNIVES TO CHANGE WOMEN'S LIVES, hosted in Asheville, to support the expansion of Adam's County's Circles of Support program. Hosted by a trained CUTCO representative, with any and all proceeds donated directly to Adams County's Circles Program.

We're campaigning to raise direct and indirect funds, but your attendance is not a commitment to donate ANYTHING. Please understand that your support is, by itself, an incredibly meaningful contribution. But I guarantee that you'll want to be present for the announcement of the CUTCO for CIRCLES Campaign! In addition to the joy of the event, there are multiple prizes available just for attending the event, ranging from a crisp new $10 bill to an incredibly high tech CUTCO kitchen gadget.

For more information regarding CIRCLES of SUPPORT, please contact Jason Parker at jasonhopkinsparker@gmail.com or by messaging him on facebook. For questions regarding the event itself, or how you could help contribute in advance, please contact Ryan Griffith at 717.215.7541.

With your help, we'll be able to meet our high goals of raising over $1,000 and $4,500 worth of CUTCO for the single mothers of CIRCLES of SUPPORT!

Asheville Bowl-A-Thon 2009 - Terpsicorps

Bowl-A-Thon 2009 - You do not have to be in Asheville to participate!

Host: Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance

Sunday Jul 12 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Star Lanes 491 Kenilworth Lane in Asheville NC

Get ready to knock 'em down at the Terpsicorps Bowl-A-Thon! (Or help a dancer knock out the competition safely from the comfort of your own home!)

Seriously, this is going to be a great party. Take a peek at our Bowl-A-Site and think about getting a team together to play. Your business, band, theater company, family, friends... anybody can make up a team! Getting sponsors to pledge for you is easy now with our new site. You simply email your friends the link to pledge. No more embarrassing, "Will you sponsor me?" conversations! We will even handle the follow up to make certain they put their money where their mouth is! All you do is sign up, send some emails, get a great costume (yes, costume!)... and show up! You can even drink some beer!

We have a costume contest and all kinds of great prizes going out to people for getting pledges. Restaurant gift certificates, tickets to LEAF, Terpsicorps tickets... all kinds of good stuff! The event has a huge dose of surprises and fun including celebrity MCs, ridiculous live entertainment, glow in the dark pins, and even the premeire of a new ballet by Heather Maloy entitled 'Strike 'em Dead'!

Sign up today! http://bowl.terpsicorps.org/index.php

*****IF YOU CAN NOT COME*****you can always pledge for a dancer... or the artistic director for that matter!!! Pledge for me! There will be live streaming video on the site during the event and challenge gifts to bowlers who bring in the most during the event itself. You can even vote for your friend's costumes online at home!

Support your favorite dancer by pledging for them. Healthy competition is good! May the best dancer win!!!

Asheville Michael Jackson Tribute 2Night

Michael Jackson Tribute Starring Shitz N Gigglz - Paying Homage to the King of Pop, like only Clowns Can

Host: Shitz N Gigglz, TriNumeral Productions, & Emerald Lounge

Today from 10:00 pm to 2:00 am at the Emerald Lounge on Lexington Ave in Asheville NC

Asheville's Own Shitz N Gigglz pay homage and respect to Michael Jackson, King Of Pop. With Dj's Par D, Soulja Bird, Lil ToughPants, and More.

Pin Up Postcards 4 Troops- by Bootstraps

Contact Corky Bordeaux for more info: corkybordeaux@hotmail.com

Bootstraps Burlesque presents: "Pin Up Postcards: A Tribute to Our Troops!"

Saturday, July 25 - Doors at 10 p.m. Show at 11:30 p.m. Club 828 (formerly club Nashwa) $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 off with Bootstraps postcard at the door, $7 off with military ID.

Bootstraps Burlesque, a throwback to showgirls of the early 1900s, presents "Pin Up Postcards: A Tribute to Our Troops." Saturday, July 25th at Club 828.  Doors open at 10:00pm with the showtime at 11:30.

Taking inspiration from saucy WWII postcards, the show features modern and retro style strip tease (with emphasis on the tease!).  Entertainment between acts includes worldclass juggling and schmaltzy mocking of pop culture.

To "support" Bootstraps Burlesque, limited-edition panties will be sold. 

Formerly known as Club Nashwa, Club 828 is located behind Hairspray and Hookah Joe's between Carter Street and North French Broad.

Asheville Area Arts Council Event 7/3/09

To See A Darkness -- Opening Reception!!!

New Photography by Max Cooper at the Asheville Area Arts Council - Fri Jul 3 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm at AAAC Gallery on 11 Biltmore Avenue

Contact Info: 828-258-0710 email: cooper@darktopography.com

Opening reception for To See a Darkness, as well as the work of three other local artists.

Ostentatious blog post and press release here: http://darktopography.blogspot.com/2009/05/to-see-darkness-new-exhibit-at-front.html

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Cocktails for a Cause - Rankin Vault AVL

Cocktails for a Cause - 50% of sales goes to Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity

Mon Jul 6 from 3:00 pm to 2:00 am at the Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge located on 7 Rankin Avenue
Phone: 8282544993 email: rankin.vault@gmail.com

Rankin Vault celebrates it's 1st year of business on Mon July 6 by giving 50% of sales to Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity

Christian Enlightening Weekend Asheville

Christian Enlightenment Weekend Intensive at The Prama Institute with Albert J LaChance & Dale Allen Hoffman

Fri Jul 10 at 5:00 pm until Sun Jul 12 at 12:00 pm at The Prama Institute on 310 Panhandle Road
Contact Info: 8282520557 or email: ashevillesouls@yahoo.com

Albert J LaChance and Dale Allen Hoffman have discovered a means to speak about Jesus both as founder of what we know today as Christianity as well as an eastern teacher whose guidance in its original near-eastern Aramaic essence illuminates a pathway to enlightenment. They endeavor to bring the word of Christ up to date by liberating it from its 2,000 year imprisonment in Latin and Greek and to bring forth a direct Unitive experience of the presence of Christ. A fresh and rejuvenating experience of the awakened heart of the Christian faith that beats in true harmony with Eastern religions and philosophies as well as indigenous cultures throughout human history.

The weekend intensive experience offers a very refreshing and supportive presentation of Christian sacramental mysticism that awakens and rejuvenates the core insights of Christian faith, including the rituals of Baptism, Anointing and Eucharist–Communion."

In the words of Hoffman, "We weren't supposed to change the message, the message was supposed to change us."

**$200 Early Registration BEFORE June 30th!!**$250 After June 30th, 2009**price does not include food, eco-dorm accommodations or on-site camping**Prama Institute Eco-Dorm Accomodations: $40 additional per night

Camping On-Site: $20 additional per nightFor additional information about accommodations at The Prama Institute, please call Ramesh at (828) 649-9408.

The Prama Institute is a Holistic and Eco-Retreat center located in Marshall, North Carolina on 150 acres of rolling hills and forest lands with hiking trails and panoramic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Miles of pristine hiking trails including access to the French Broad River.

The word Prama means "dynamic balance" in Sanskrit. Individual Prama: harmony between body, mind and spirit. Collective Prama: balance between people, community and environment.

Staying at The Prama Institute - Eco Dorms, Camping, & Food

There are 4 beautiful eco-dorms available at the Prama Institute. Each room has 4 craftsmans bunk beds and access to showers & bathrooms.

Camping is also available for those who wish to sleep under a blanket of stars. The camping area is a 15 minutewalk to the retreat facility. There are no bathrooms in the camping are but you do have access to showers & bathrooms is the main facility area.

**Attendees will be able to pack their own lunch or travel a few minutes into downtown Marshall for their meals. Prama will NOT be serving meals for this event.

**For more information about Christian Enlightenment with Albert J LaChance and Dale Allen Hoffman, please call Dale at (828) 252-0557

Full Weekend Intensive Retreat details available at: www.christian-enlightenment.com

Last Band Standing Concert Asheville 09

THE CONCERT... Last Band Standing: Road to Bele Chere '09 - The final decision to see who will play Bele Chere
Host:WNC magazine
Wed Jul 8 from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm

The Orange Peel at 101 Biltmore Ave
Contact Info is 877-333-4962 or info@wncmagazine.com

WNC magazine and the City of Asheville are pleased toannounce the finalists for Last Band Standing: Road to Bele Chere '09 competition. A.C.E., Brushfire Stankgrass, Buster, and Now You See Them will perform at the Last Band Standing battle-of-the-bands concert at The Orange Peel on Wednesday, July 8th.

A second round of online voting on http://www.wncmagazine.com will continue through Tuesday, July 7th. The final tally of online votes for each band counts toward half of their final score. During the show at The Orange Peel, the bands' performances and crowd reaction determine the other half. A panel of judges will offer commentary on and critique each performance. The judges are 98.1 The River's Ashley Davis, White Horse Black Mountain owner Bob Hinkle, Local Edge Radio 880 The Revolution's Lesley Groetsch, Mountain Xpress A&E Editor Rebecca Sulock, and Bele Chere Entertainment Chair Steve Busey. The winning band will play the opening slot on the Bele Chere Rock n' Kiss Stage on Coxe Ave. at 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 24. Other prizes include professional photographs courtesy of lydia see photography, a day of studio time at Echo Mountain Recording, gift certificates from The Musician's Workshop, and gift bags from Dream Guitars.

The Last Band Standing concert event is presented in partnership by WNC magazine and the City of Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department. Tickets to the July 8 concert are $5 and can be purchased at The Orange Peel box office or on http://www.theorangepeel.net. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit Mission Children's Hospital. More information about the bands is available at http://www.wncmagazine.com.

A complete musical lineup for Bele Chere is available at http://www.belecherefestival.com

Asheville Arts Center: Alice in Wonderland, Jr. Camp

Currently at the Asheville Arts Center: Alice in Wonderland, Jr. – 2 Week Camp!! Alice in Wonderland, Jr., our big summer show, is coming soon! We're still enrolling for all age groups, call us now to get involved! The camp runs two weeks: July 6-17 from 9-3 PM.

Alice in Wonderland, Jr. Performances: July 17 3 & 7 PM at Isaac Dixon Elementary School. Call 828.253.4000 today to get involved.

Join Alice's madcap adventures in Wonderland as she chases the White Rabbit, races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with the Tweedles, raps with bubble-blowing Caterpillar and beats the Queen of Hearts at her own game! This fast-paced stage adaptation of Alice in Wonderland features updated dialogue and new arrangements of such classic Disney songs as "I'm Late," "The Un-birthday Song" and "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah!" Featuring children ages 6-18 years old!

The Asheville Arts Center is located at 308 Merrimon Ave in Asheville, NC 28801

For more information call (828) 253-4000 or email aac@ashevilleartscenter.com.You may also visit us on the web at www.ashevilleartscenter.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ashevilleartscenter, view our blog at www.ashevilleartscenter.wordpress.com or follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/AVLArtsCenter